kjackbrown
Keep on keepin on.
just ordered mine...probably the same ebay seller.
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
1) Cut off the plastic frame that the filter sits in & throw it away, keeping only the plastic panel as a cover plate.
Hold a K&N filter up to the light and see all the big holes that provide the increased flow. Don't you think dirt can get through those holes also?
I use to race off road and always used a K&N filter, but I always used a pre filter. When the filter would get clogged we would yank the pre filter off and stick a new oiled pre filter on. I always carried two pre filters in the truck and had one at every pit. I never had dirt in the carb. The pre filters always did a great job with the filter always looked brand new when I removed a pre filter.
Are you asking me? If so, mail me a K&N filter and I'll test it as directed. I've honestly never used one.
I'm reviving this thread since Am.E and HighFive have put their heads together on an airbox solution. For those who aren't following, they used a 3d printer to create a solution for the stock airbox, thus eliminating the need for the pod mod.
So that being said, they used the stock filter size. I think both used the Uni AU1016, however any stock size filter should work. Is the K&N our only option other than the Uni? Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I wondered when this thread was going to go this way.
Go ahead and read the tests, but think about the validity of the testing methods, and their relevance to the application. Also remember that Can-am motorcycles came with K&N's from the factory. The 82 and 77 I just sold were still on their original 40 year old filters, and standard bores. If the filters were not up to the task, I'm sure we would have heard about it by now. Oiled foam, or oiled cotton. Choose your poison, but next time you're looking at your foam filter, note that it's more holes than foam.
Hey Everyone, I just dropped my K&N in and if fits great. I'm super happy.